καταξέω
From LSJ
ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο → fighting is what she can't do, for if she should fight she would shit
English (LSJ)
A polish smooth, τοὺς ὀρθοστάτας -ξοῦντι IG12.374.221, cf. 12(2).10.22 (Mytil.); λίθον Milet.7.59:—Pass., κατεξέσθη τὸ ὑπέρθυρον Haussoullier Miletp.163, cf. Plu.2.953b: metaph., of style, τῇ λέξει -εξεσμένον Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom.72. II carve, in Pass., Arist.Mir.838b15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1367] (s. ξέω), zerkratzen, zerschaben, abschaben, ὅταν δὲ πρισθῇ καὶ καταξεσθῇ τὰ κέρατα, γίνεται διαφανῆ Plut. de prim. frigid. 17; übh. = καταξαίνω, zerreißen, Sp.
